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    "id": 946617,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/946617/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaura",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion. It is well captured by Julius Kambarage Nyerere where he said that in Tanzania, more than 100 tribal units lost their freedom but one nation regained it. He further says “we spoke and acted as if given the opportunity to serve Government, we would quickly create utopias instead injustices and tyranny is rampant”. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I look at the African States, we are having a serious problem. Before independence, as the former President of Tanzania said, only tribes existed as nations and then they created a nation state. Now devolution is deconstructing this nation state. We do not have a problem of one but several centres. We have the tensions around Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) and governors. This is not the first time to witness this. We have seen it in Makueni, Nyeri and other counties. At the same time, these new centres of power have created new powerful people. It has now become a power play at the national executive with regards to the competition for that limelight. So, how do we look at projects done by the national Government vis avis the success stories of county governments? Further down, there is a power play between the MCAs who are elected without a kitty yet they have promised a utopia to the people and a governor who has the kitty and thinks that he or she can do everything, including building dream castles and buying dream toy cars. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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